A gallon of ethanol has a lower energy content than a gallon of gasoline (as measured by
BTU content).
Also note that E85 ETOH blend (and «top - fuel» methanol) has a lower
BTU content than pure «gasoline», for identical quantities.
«Syrup solids have
a BTU content similar to lignite coal,» Coil says over the roar of combustion.
Not exact matches
(Pure ethanol has an energy
content of 84,530
BTU / gal, whereas standard gasoline has around 120,388
BTU / gal.)
This fuel typically has a heat
content of 15 million
Btu per ton or less.
The heat
content of bituminous coal ranges from 21 to 30 million
Btu per ton on a moist, mineral - matter - free basis.
The heat
content of bituminous coal consumed in the United States averages 24 million
Btu per ton, on the as - received basis (i.e., containing both inherent moisture and mineral matter).
It took 1000 + pages to explain the carbon trading system in Waxman - Markey — I can explain this plan in two sentences: Institute a federal carbon excise tax on fuels whose rate increases with the carbon
content per
btu of the fuel.
We can calculate the carbon pollution from these lease sales by looking at the tons of coal in each lease, the energy
content of the coal in each lease (in
BTU / lb), and the amount of carbon pollution released per
BTU, which varies depending upon the type of coal.
Note that these figures are the averages, and there would be variations for each coal lease based on its energy
content (
BTU / lb), type of coal and CO2 coefficient, and the period over which each coal lease may be mined and burned.
Pres. BILL CLINTON: [February 17, 1993, State of the Union]- a
BTU tax on the heat
content of energy.
The heat
content of air - dried peat (about 50 percent moisture) is about 9 million
Btu per ton.
The carbon dioxide emission factors in this article are expressed in terms of the energy
content of coal as pounds of carbon dioxide per million
Btu.
To accurately examine the cost of fuels based on the heat
content they generate, the U.S. Energy Information Administration recommends using this formula: cost per million British thermal units (
BTU).